Birth of neural progenitors during the embryonic period of sexual differentiation in the Japanese quail brain

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 520, Issue 18, 2012, Pages 4226-4253

  Bardet, Sylvia M ^a   Mouriec, Karen ^a   Balthazart, Jacques ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIMOGES   (France)

Author keywords

Glial cell; Neural progenitors; Neurogenesis; Preoptic area; Sex steroids; Sexual behavior

Indexed keywords

AROMATASE; BROXURIDINE; CYCLINE; HU PROTEIN; NEURON SPECIFIC NUCLEAR PROTEIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ARTICLE; BRAIN NUCLEUS; BRAIN REGION; CELL DIVISION; CELL LABELING; CEREBELLUM; COTURNIX COTURNIX JAPONICA; DIENCEPHALON; EGG; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; MALE; MEDIAL PREOPTIC AREA; NEURAL STEM CELL; NONHUMAN; ONTOGENY; PERINATAL PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUAIL; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; TELENCEPHALON;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BRAIN; BROMODEOXYURIDINE; CELL PROLIFERATION; COTURNIX; EMBRYO, MAMMALIAN; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; FEMALE; MALE; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NEURAL STEM CELLS; NEUROGENESIS; PROLIFERATING CELL NUCLEAR ANTIGEN; SEX DIFFERENTIATION;

EID: 84867823784     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: 10969861     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cne.23153     Document Type: Article

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